ICEduTech 2014 - International Conference on Educational Technologies 2014

ICEduTech is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and school leaders. Both scientists, professionals and institutional leaders are invited to be informed by experts, sharpen the understanding what education needs and how to achieve it.
Topics for the ICEduTech Conference:
1. Education in Context
a. Education in the Network Society
b. Educational Games
c. Social Media in Education
d. Home Schooling
e. Students’ Rights
f. Parents’ Rights
g. Teachers’ Rights
h. Student-Safe Searching
i. School Violence
j. Education and Tolerance for Peace
k. Education in Developing Countries
2. Education as Professional Field
a. Teacher Education
b. Teachers’ Professional Development
c. Teachers’ Workload
d. Teacher Support for Grading, Time Tabling, Grading, Learning Tools, and Online Learning Software
e. Teachers’ learning in Communities of Practice
f. Web-based Communities for Teacher Support
g. Teachers’ Career Planning
h. Legal and Financial Issues
i. Conflict Resolution and Mediation
j. Governance and Servant Leadership
k. Educational Policies
3. Curricular Evolution
a. Problem-based Learning
b. Critical Thinking Skills
c. Creativity Skills
d. Learning Citizenship
e. Global Education
f. Media Literacy / -Pedagogy
g. Multicultural Education
h. Alternative Assessment Methods
4. Learner Orientation
a. Student-Oriented Learning
b. Peer- and Collaborative Learning
c. Learning Strategies: Learn how to Learn
d. Motivating Students
e. Recognizing Students’ Learning Styles
f. Special Education
5. Integrating Educational Technologies
a. Social Media and Social Networking
b. The Semantic Web 3.0
c. Podcasting for Broadcasting Video Lectures
d. Podcasting feedback to students
e. Wiki and blogs in Higher Education
f. Mobile, Virtual and Vicarious Learning
g. Simulations and Modeling
6. International Higher Education
a. Marketing Higher Education as a Business Case
b. Pitfalls and Solutions in Joint and Double Degree Programs
c. Enculturation and International Teacher Accreditation
d. Web-based, Mobile, Virtual Presence and Social Media to Overcome Student Mobility
e. Blended Learning and Student Assessment at a Distance
f. Student Mobility and Distance Education
g. New-Emerging Standards and Benchmarks for Higher Education
h. Education, Research, Exchange an Capacity Building
i. 21st Century Academic and Industrial Brain Exchange
j. Academic Salaries, Faculty Contracts, Residence Permits and Legal Issues
k. International Student Exchange Funding Programs: Erasmus Mundus, the U.S. Council on International Educational Student Exchange, and the Euro-American “Atlantis” program
l. Networks for International Higher Education in the Pacific, Australia, Europe, Asian and European countries
m. Higher Education, Cultural Diversity, Tolerance and Political Conflict